Painted Skin 2008
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Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xun stars as Xiao Wei, a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance. When General Wang Sheng (Chen Kun) 'rescues' her from a band of bandits and brings her home, trouble brews as the demon falls in love with the general.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 怪不得 怪不得 | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 漫 漫 | free; unrestrained; to inundate | |
| 延 延 | to prolong; to extend; to delay | |
| 枕头 枕頭 | pillow | |
| 威力 威力 | might; formidable power | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 愈 愈 | the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better | |
| 说谎 說謊 | to lie; to tell an untruth | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 地步 地步 | stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); situation; leeway | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 巡逻 巡邏 | to patrol (police, army or navy) | |
| 处置 處置 | to handle; to take care of; to punish | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 蠢 惷 | stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 窝 窩 | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 抛 拋 | to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 官员 官員 | official (in an organization or government); administrator | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 狼 狼 | wolf | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 唯 唯 | only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) |